West's first starring vehicle,
and one of her best (i.e. least diluted) movies. Adapted from her stage success
Diamond Lil, it features her as Diamond Lou (a change occasioned by the
original's notoriety), mistress of a Naughty Nineties saloon, setting her sights
on the righteous young man (Grant) investigating the place for signs of
corruption. West, making her way through ditties like 'I Like a Man What Takes
His Time' and 'Frankie and Johnny', keeps most of her double-meanings single.
Marvellous stuff.

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The
Horizontal is the time in minutes.

Bitrate:

Audio

English (Dolby Digital mono)

Subtitles

English
(SDH),
French, None

Features

Release Information:Studio: Universal

Aspect Ratio:Original Aspect Ratio 1.33:1

Edition Details:

• Robert
Osborne Introduction (2:17)
• Cartoon - She Done Him Right (7:55)

DVD Release Date: April 22nd, 2008Double-lock Keep Case
Chapters: 17

Comments:

As told to us by Osborne - the film
that saved Paramount. Brash and cute showing some 'skirting' prior to
the Hayes Code, but in my opinion the lesser of the quartet of Universal
comedies being released on April 22nd. Still fun to watch Mae West in
action and an adolescent-looking Cary Grant.

The elder statesman of the 4 simultaneous vintage
comedy releases and it shows. The image can tend to me a bit muddy at times but I can't see
blaming Universal as it again has a strong bitrate spread over a
dual-layered DVD. There is some noticeable flickering
contrast (in the beginning) and some variable top-to-bottom light
scratches extending through various scenes.

Audio is similarly weak, but certainly acceptable for
a film that is 75 years old. There
are optional English or Spanish subtitles if desired.
Once again a brief Osborne intro but this time we get a 'Pooch the Pup'
cartoon - She Done Him Right. - kind of a fitting way to start
the night's presentation. If you were to miss-out on one of the 4 - this
would be my suggestion. Old cinema fans will still enjoy enough to cover
the minimal cost so I suppose it's a personal choice.
Universal should be applauded for getting these frugal editions out as
good as they are at such decent prices. Bravo!